- NATO is getting sick of casualties. They want to withdraw
- US doesn't need NATO for counter-terrorism
- NATO allies threats of withdrawals causing frays in the alliance
- NATO needs to stay focused on European collective security, not on out-of-area operations
- Afghanistan is a litmus test for NATO
Terrorism
- More ev that counter terrorism alone will be successful at shutting down terrorism
- Ev that freeing up resources from Afghanistan will make it easier to shut down networks elsewhere in the world
- More ev that nation-building efforts are what provokes terrorism
- A2: arguments about counter terrorism provoking terrorism (air strikes, civilian casualties, etc.)
NATO advantage
- NATO is getting sick of casualties. They want to withdraw- US doesn't need NATO for counter-terrorism
- NATO allies threats of withdrawals causing frays in the alliance
- NATO needs to stay focused on European collective security, not on out-of-area operations
- Afghanistan is a litmus test for NATO
Terrorism
- More ev that counter terrorism alone will be successful at shutting down terrorism- Ev that freeing up resources from Afghanistan will make it easier to shut down networks elsewhere in the world
- More ev that nation-building efforts are what provokes terrorism
- A2: arguments about counter terrorism provoking terrorism (air strikes, civilian casualties, etc.)